What's more, Dren forms emotional attachments with her creators, incompetent quasi-parents needing far more than Dr. The intrepid scientists moonlight surreptitiously in a basement lab, ultimately producing Dren (mesmerizing newcomer Chanéac), an animal-human hybrid that grows surprisingly intelligent, aggressive, unpredictable, and sexually mature. This excited NERD's parent company, whose mission is to synthesize new beings in order to extract proteins and patent cures for diseases.įlush from their triumph, the ambitious twosome long to toy with human DNA, but are thwarted by conservative corporate lackeys, who-wouldn't you know-get riled up about pesky legal statutes barring such behavior. Seems that while working at a private research lab (Nucleic Exchange Research & Development, or NERD), the duo spliced DNA from several animals to produce a new, sluglike life form named Ginger and her male counterpart, Fred. When we first meet them, they're clad in leather and sunglasses, swaggering superstars of modern science flaunting cover stories of themselves in Wired. You know the kind of people who are so sarcastic that you're never sure when to take them seriously? "Splice," director Vincenzo Natali's latest sci-fi horror show, is the film version of that person, a cinematic experience thick with viewers' uncomfortable laughter and nerve-frying confusion.Īdrien Brody ("The Pianist") and Sarah Polley ("Dawn of the Dead") are Clive and Elsa, two brilliant, young genetic engineers, lovebirds both in and out of the lab. REVIEWS Splice Bonni McCoy, C&EN Contributing Editor
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